24 C.F.R. § 982.628 Homeownership option: Eligible units.
Title 24 - Housing and Urban Development
(a) Initial requirements applicable to the unit. The PHA must determine that the unit satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) The unit is eligible. (See §982.352. Paragraphs (a)(6), (a)(7) and (b) of §982.352 do not apply.) (2) The unit is either under construction or already existing at the time the family enters into the contract of sale. (3) The unit is either a one-unit property (including a manufactured home) or a single dwelling unit in a cooperative or condominium. (4) The unit has been inspected by a PHA inspector and by an independent inspector designated by the family (see §982.631). (5) The unit satisfies the HQS (see §982.401 and §982.631). (b) Purchase of home where family will not own fee title to the real property. Homeownership assistance may be provided for the purchase of a home where the family will not own fee title to the real property on which the home is located, but only if: (1) The home is located on a permanent foundation; and (2) The family has the right to occupy the home site for at least forty years. (c) PHA disapproval of seller. The PHA may not commence homeownership assistance for occupancy of a home if the PHA has been informed (by HUD or otherwise) that the seller of the home is debarred, suspended, or subject to a limited denial of participation under part 24 of this title. (d) PHA-owned units. Homeownership assistance may be provided for the purchase of a unit that is owned by the PHA that administers the assistance under the consolidated ACC (including a unit owned by an entity substantially controlled by the PHA), only if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The PHA must inform the family, both orally and in writing, that the family has the right to purchase any eligible unit and a PHA-owned unit is freely selected by the family without PHA pressure or steering; (2) The unit is not ineligible housing; (3) The PHA must obtain the services of an independent agency, in accordance with §982.352(b)(1)(iv)(B) and (C), to perform the following PHA functions: (i) Inspection of the unit for compliance with the HQS, in accordance with §982.631(a); (ii) Review of the independent inspection report, in accordance with §982.631(b)(4); (iii) Review of the contract of sale, in accordance with §982.631(c); and (iv) Determination of the reasonableness of the sales price and any PHA provided financing, in accordance with §982.632 and other supplementary guidance established by HUD. [65 FR 55163, Sept. 12, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 64494, Oct. 18, 2002; 67 FR 65865, Oct. 28, 2002; 67 FR 67522, Nov. 6, 2002]
Title 24: Housing and Urban Development
PART 982—SECTION 8 TENANT BASED ASSISTANCE: HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM
Subpart M—Special Housing Types
Homeownership Option
§ 982.628 Homeownership option: Eligible units.
